Adding Javascript

ritchie85 · Post by **ritchie85** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:10 am

I am trying to add javascript to a page that needs to be activated when the page loads. However I can't just add my own body tag as there is already one created by the program. Any idea how I can add my onload request to my page?

Thanks
Mark

jmestep · Post by **jmestep** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:54 pm

You could try putting it into the HTML Head field if it is for a particular category or product- I don't know if this will work or not.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:50 pm

For each function you want to call when the page loads, put this inside the HTML head tag:

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<head>
window.onload = function() {
yourFirstFunction();
yourSectionFunction();
}
</head>

Or, ideally, this would be contained in an external js file you reference in the head tag.

ritchie85 · Post by **ritchie85** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:56 am

Thanks for your help. It didn't work when I added it to the header of a content scriplet though. It just seems to ignore any scripting that I put in that box. I moved the script down into the body and it works now. I know that isn't the best of coding practices but it seems to be the only way I could get around it.

jmestep · Post by **jmestep** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:28 am

Location of script- I've read a couple of things lately that mention putting the javascript at the bottom to help page performance. That way the content loads, even though the javascript might be slow.
http://www.stevesouders.com-- He is chief performance at Yahoo! and wrote a book "High Performance Web Sites"

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